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An Annotated Checklist, by Oronzo Cilli Volume 38 Number 2 Article 17 5-15-2020 Tolkien’s Library: An Annotated Checklist, by Oronzo Cilli Andoni Cossio University of the Basque Country Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore Part of the Children's and Young Adult Literature Commons Recommended Citation Cossio, Andoni (2020) "Tolkien’s Library: An Annotated Checklist, by Oronzo Cilli," Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 38 : No. 2 , Article 17. Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol38/iss2/17 This Book Reviews is brought to you for free and open access by the Mythopoeic Society at SWOSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature by an authorized editor of SWOSU Digital Commons. An ADA compliant document is available upon request. For more information, please contact [email protected]. To join the Mythopoeic Society go to: http://www.mythsoc.org/join.htm Mythcon 51: A VIRTUAL “HALFLING” MYTHCON July 31 - August 1, 2021 (Saturday and Sunday) http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/mythcon-51.htm Mythcon 52: The Mythic, the Fantastic, and the Alien Albuquerque, New Mexico; July 29 - August 1, 2022 http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/mythcon-52.htm This book reviews is available in Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol38/iss2/17 Reviews introduction either to Celtic studies or to scholarship regarding Celtic myth, but then it is not meant to be. Instead, I imagine that it will prove a valuable addition to ongoing conversations about these subjects. A final note here: although the particular focus that I have identified above might seem inapplicable to scholarly work on Tolkien, the Inklings, or mythopoeic literature more generally, I actually found it quite thought- provoking with these topics in mind. The contributors’ precise, able close readings of various myths immediately reminded me of Tolkien’s famous allegory of the tower by the sea, when critics overlooked the beauty of a poem like Beowulf in trying to understand how it works—though here, I for one think that the “confusing babel” Tolkien might still have been frustrated by serves a much-needed purpose. In addition, some contributors do touch on mythopoeic projects, as when Grigory Bondarenko in his chapter “Ireland as Mesocosm” (53–71) examines “Mythopoeic models of the world” (54) in ways that, to my mind, could certainly be applied to understanding other authors’ more consciously mythopoeic projects in fantasy literature as well. All in all, Celtic Myth in the 21st Century: The Gods and Their Stories in a Global Perspective might be specialized fare, but I maintain that it will serve those particular needs quite well indeed. ―Maria Alberto TOLKIEN’S LIBRARY: AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST. Oronzo Cilli. Edinburgh: Luna Press Publishing, 2019. 466 pp. ISBN 978-1-911143-67-3. $39.00 paperback; $50.00 hardback; $10.69 e-book. LTHOUGH A BOOK SHOULD NOT BE JUDGED BY ITS COVER, Tolkien’s Library: An A Annotated Checklist delights our senses with its gorgeous medieval-style outer design by Jay Johnstone, which together with its superior trade paperback finish, tempts us to discover its contents. It is important to stress that this is not a typical cover-to-cover read, but rather a meticulous and scholarly research aid tool which took five years to complete. Oronzo Cilli is not only a Tolkien scholar but also a collector himself, which makes him ideal for authoring this type of volume, as we shall discover. A foreword by the well-known Tolkien expert Tom Shippey sets the bar high. The book begins with a preface, followed by six sections (A-F), and it is rounded off with a bibliography and nine indices, to be reviewed in turn. Mythlore 38.2, Spring/Summer 2020 195 Reviews Cilli clearly notes his aim in the preface: “to reconstruct Tolkien’s library or, better still, to be able to name the titles housed on his shelves” (xvii). He refers, of course, to an atemporal, intangible, and comprehensive compendium rather than to a datable physical library. This is further clarified by Cilli in a later article: in my work, I have no presumption to insert all the books that Tolkien assuredly read. The basic criterion is to list both fiction and scholarship known to him because he had kept them for a time, or that found a place in his personal library for a week, or several years; or that he borrowed, bought, received as a gift, or gave himself to other relatives, friends and colleagues; or the ones he discussed during the meetings of the Inklings; or simply consulted. (“The Leaves Were Long, the Cover Was Green: A Reply to Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond” [“Leaves”] 15) The author continues the introduction by providing a brief history of the destination of Tolkien’s books after his death, reviewing all the libraries where copies are stored, and the ones which ended up in the hands of private collectors and bookshops (xvii-xxii). At this point Cilli outlines his research methodology for the main section (A) to explain the sources he has browsed through: libraries, auction houses, private collections, specialized websites, Tolkien’s writings, and other scholarly research. This enabled him to compile a selection of all the books, works, and prints Tolkien might have read, perused, borrowed, owned, bought, or mentioned in his writings (xxii-xxviii). However, as in any encyclopedic work of its kind, there is room for speculation and additions. This fact has not escaped Shippey, who notes that it is a work in progress: “It joins that very select group of works, the most useful of all: a book we should keep, update, and write notes in the margin of, for the rest of our lives” (xvi). To this end, Cilli has set up www.tolkienslibrary.blogspot.com to gather comments and suggestions for future editions, creating a section on addenda and corrigenda which already incorporates a published first set of changes. A second revised edition is to be expected sometime soon, which will unlikely be the last. At the end of the methodology section, the reader gets a glimpse at the profundity of the research undertaken, with an unrelated anecdote on the conjectural origin of one of Elrond’s sentences,1 providing potential sources dating as far back as 1813 (xxiii- xxv). The study of Tolkien’s sources was addressed by Shippey early on in The Road to Middle-earth (1982). It continues to be widely researched as attested by the more contemporary Tolkien’s Modern Middle Ages (2005), edited by Jane 1 “Time was when a squirrel could go from tree to tree from what is now the Shire to Dunland west of Isengard” (The Lord of the Rings II.2.265). 196 Mythlore 136, Spring/Summer 2020 Reviews Chance and Alfred K. Siewers; Tolkien and the Study of his Sources: Critical Essays (2011), edited by Jason Fisher; or individual articles such as Thomas Hillman’s “These Are Not the Elves You're Looking For: Sir Orfeo, The Hobbit, and the Reimagining of the Elves” (2018) published in Tolkien Studies. Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, in The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide (2006, revised and expanded edition 2017), have made numerous contributions to source studies as well, together with an ample list of works owned, consulted, received or given as presents, or known to Tolkien. However, Cilli is the first to compile all those findings with several additions and to order them systematically to facilitate searches in Section A, the largest of the present volume (1-326).2 Section A, Tolkien’s Library, is composed of 2599 items and brings together the books, works, and offprints the professor read, knew of, owned or bought as presents throughout his lifetime. Cilli justifies the inclusion of each entry with varied proofs. In some cases, only confirmed ownership, borrowings, or mentions of Tolkien within the book are included. In others, in order to support each entry or add complimentary details, Cilli distinguishes among what he idiosyncratically calls primary, secondary, or New English Dictionary sources. Cilli’s methodological choices have already been further expanded and commented in “Leaves,” though additional clarifications on certain decisions considered below would be desirable. For primary sources, Cilli undertook the arduous task of scanning both Tolkien’s fictional and academic writings 1922-2016 (including posthumous works and epistles). Although the outcome is satisfactory, it is worth noting certain issues. The incorporation of works from the bibliography of George Lyman Kittredge’s A Study of Gawain and the Green Knight (1916) as entries is problematical. Tolkien and E.V. Gordon recommend Kittredge’s bibliography as suggested reading for Irish and French analogues of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (c. 1400) in their edition (1925). Yet, without any proof of Tolkien’s direct acquaintance with the works, the primary source becomes a mere cross- reference as in no. A131-132 (18) or no. A1418 (171). Cilli provides specific editions of works whenever there is enough certainty to do so. However, occasionally the rule is applied with some degree of laxity, as with the possible though unconfirmed one volume version of William Blake’s prophetic books, 2 Scull and Hammond have shared certain concerns regarding Section A’s theoretical foundations (“Tolkien's Library: An Annotated Checklist (2019) by Oronzo Cilli” [“Library”] 1-6), which have already been answered by Cilli (“Leaves”). In his response, Cilli also includes a Post Scriptum with some potential problems he himself identified together with future research possibilities.
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